Springtime in Berkeley, California

1952

Dorothea Lange

Associated Names
Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

The image shows a woman seated on the ground, facing right and leaning towards a large cardboard box labeled "Nulaid" filled with debris or plant matter. Her hair is styled in waves and secured with hairpins, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, a necklace, a light-colored sweater, and a patterned skirt. She sits on a sidewalk next to a stone embankment covered in dense vegetation. The background includes part of a structure with railing and trees. Bits of debris are scattered around her on the ground.
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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dorothea Lange, Berkeley, CA; The Dixon Family Collection, CA; (RoseGallery, Santa Monica, CA); Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Van Nuys, CA, 29 December 2000; gift to NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1966

  • Museum of Modern Art. Dorothea Lange. Exh. cat. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1966: 65.

1978

  • Meltzer, Milton. Dorothea Lange: A Photographer's Life. Toronto, 1978: 264.

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top right in black ink: 2

Wikidata ID

Q64146707

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